Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa proposed the Government launch a special economic package targeting those who lost their livelihoods due to the Ea ..
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President Maithripala Sirisena’s proclamation to extend the State of Emergency for another month received House approval yesterday with a majority o
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Tea exports for the month of April was recorded at 20.8 Mkg, which is identical when compared to the same period of the previous year, produce broker
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LONDON (Reuters): Fighting back tears, British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new le
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Police have frozen a total of Rs. 134 million deposited in 41 bank accounts belonging to suspects of the Easter Sunday attacks. The bank accounts b
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday appraised foreign envoys in the country on Sri Lanka’s security situation with aims to reverse the tra
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REUTERS: Shares snapped five straight sessions of gains on Friday in low trade amid worries over economic slowdown and lack of investor appetite for r
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Member of Parliament Dr. Kavinda Jayawardana stepped down from the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) yesterday, which was appointed to inquire abou
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Premier blue chip John Keells Holdings (JKH) has achieved a pre-tax profit of Rs. 18.6 billion in FY19, down by 33% from the previous year. Post-tax
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Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) Executive Director Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja and LKI former Executiv
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Sandya Eknaligoda, the wife of missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, had written to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe requesting for security for
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By Ashwin Hemmathagama, Our Lobby Correspondent The proceedings of the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed to investigate the Easter Sunday te
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Sri Lanka abstaining to vote at the United Nations on Wednesday (22 May) to pass a non-binding resolution urging Britain to withdraw its colonial admi
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The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), a leading public policy research and advocacy think tank in Sri Lanka, yesterday expressed its deep shock an
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Considering the current situation in the country, the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) in a statement has urged the Muslim community to follow belo
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UCAN: One of the Vatican’s top officials has made an unheralded visit to Sri Lanka to show solidarity with Catholics still reeling from the Easter s
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Under the ‘Rata Wenuwen Ekata Sitimu’ national program, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conducted a consular mobile service at the Dehiaththakand
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Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo announced admission to a new session of Hindi courses conducted at the Centre for
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“Shilpa Sena”, a rolling exposition, will be launched island-wide in July, geared towards bringing technological skills, knowledge and products to
Saturday, 25 May 2019
A singular and specific victim of the whole macabre incident of the 21 April Easter Sunday bombings by terrorists in Sri Lanka from a standpoint of Mu
Friday, 24 May 2019
Art imitates life. Even movies do. Maybe especially so. In these lean times, there’s nothing like a little laughter to stop the press, stem the bloo
Friday, 24 May 2019
Sri Lanka was on the slippery slope of a serious crisis, heading for a great disaster of the State, even before the outbreak of Easter Sunday attacks.
Friday, 24 May 2019
In the Buddhist belief system, ‘Mangala’ means a ‘blessing’. In the abstract ‘Mangala’ denotes an ‘auspicious sign’.
In the ‘Mangal
Friday, 24 May 2019
In 2019, after 70 long years of independence, Sri Lanka succeeded in adding to the rail network left behind by the British when we extended the southe
